Documentary on Colombian peasants situation
Introduction
The documentary recounts the situation that the peasants live with the NAFTA that Colombia has with the United States, the farmers of our country are affected with the requirement of Resolution 9.70 created by the ICA, since this new law indicates that rice farmers have to buy certified seeds from US transnationals to be able to sow, modifying the production model used by peasants for decades, and that now for them this wasA crime, which according to this law must be paid with sanctions very high or criminally, lets us see the sad reality as the authorities destroy tons of seeds to meet the requirement of the United States of being the only marketer of the seeds.
Developing
This law arose with the FTA, therefore, it would supposedly favor the small farmers granting them the opportunity to export their products, since the reality is that the favors are large companies that have the power to support the requirements required by ICA, inThe documentary can be seen how the information has been manipulated and how it has been abused of misinformation and thus subject the peasant to a new model, since it is almost impossible for them. Farmers continue to wait for the government to announce policies more consistent with the environment of the Colombian countryside and that the background of Law 9 is not seen.70 which favors seed transnationals who want control of the entire market.
The author seeks that all the inhabitants of Colombia realize the situation that is being passed and shows the reality of the FTA and that we are not indifferent to the peasants. For which a good portion of the country’s economy, we can see how the government makes agreements with developed countries without appreciating the conditions and needs of its inhabitants in a few words we are giving the country to the United States because we have toimport more and export. It also shows the reality of how Law 9-70 is affected and will continue to affect peasant producers in this case peasants of Campo Alegre (Huila), this resolution requires peasants to sow a seed of certified rice which is legaland is protected by law.
It is transgenic seed invented by large multinationals which collect the seed market, disappearing and making illegal the ancestral methods with which the grain was planted, added to the seeds they must now buy so as not to be against law, they must useThe mandatory products and guaranteed for the care of them, this whole matter has generated economic detriment for the pocket of the small producer, the appearance of this resolution was not handled in a way in which the peasants could do an adaptation process, butthat they resisted the clash of the appearance of the same with the unsuspecting of the seeds they handled years ago, the judicialization of some producers among other injustices.
He did not know the issue and had the concept that the FTAs brought us sustainability and economic development with more benefits they offer, but considered that the Colombian government is making bad decisions by letting the United States control our agriculture with the signing of the FTA, as it is possible that it is possible thatAfter we were rich in the export of our products now we have to pay to sow our seeds affecting the economy of all citizens and especially peasants. From my perception this is something terrible, because Colombia being one of the largest rice producers, depends on other countries to produce their crops, we are importing more rice to which we exported.
This kind of information makes us think that the United States wants to control and expand its world power. It would be a big mistake to allow these unscrupulous multinationals to take over our food system, even more contaminating our environment, our body and our economy. From my point of view it is transcendental for decision making, since when we have to analyze all the variants that can be manifested so that they do not affect society and for this we must carry out a study and planning,On the other hand, it allows us to better recognize the country’s economy. Well, you can see that the government turned its back on the farmer, what a society is looking for is the benefit in community.
conclusion
Our industrial growth, thus offering employment. The importance of knowing the FTA and what has generated within the national economy, which maintain their prejudices because the experience of the United States where exports have been reduced, the dissolution of SMEs within the country with leading to unemployment, saturationof foreign products as opposed to nationals, the increase in smuggling, among others. Companies in Colombia even more SME companies need the constant and firm support of the government and government entities, in order to face the challenges in international markets, the case of the United States.
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